Torino’s El Cambio restaurant has been catering to the rich and powerful since 1757, The city was then ruled by the Kings of Savoy. A forgotten kingdom except for royalophiles, however the restaurant continues to serve classic Piedmont cuisine under dazzling chandeliers. Diners can regard their well-being in centuries-old mirrors hanging on the velvet walls of this baroque mansion. Bookings and smart dress are advised, although this weekend a band of black-clad anarchists stormed through the entrance to hurl feces and entrails at the august clientele.
“Down with the rich.” A masked firebrand shouted before chucking a turd at a diner.
The restaurant management descried the incident as an act of terrorism and called on the Torino police to bring the shit-throwers to justice. Detectives are looking for a van smelling like tripe in shit. Drug-sniffing dogs might come in handy for this investigation.
This story was not picked up by the media in the USA.
All their eyes are on those villains from AIG, the embattled insurance giant, but should the public hear about the El Cambio, then the American police can expect the shit to fly, for what happens in Italy can happen here.
It’s a small world after all.